Radiation image imaging apparatus, electronic device, wireless communication system, and storage medium

Abstract

A radiation image imaging apparatus which generates an image from irradiated radiation, the radiation image imaging apparatus including: a communication unit which directly communicates by wireless communication with an information processing apparatus, which performs wireless communication, and receives installation setting information transmitted from the information processing apparatus to perform a predetermined setting at a time of an installation; and a hardware processor which performs the predetermined setting of the radiation image imaging apparatus in accordance with the installation setting information received by the communication unit.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A radiation image imaging apparatus that generates an image from irradiated radiation, the radiation image imaging apparatus comprising:
 a communication interface that directly communicates by wireless communication with an information processing apparatus, wherein the communication interface receives installation setting information transmitted from the information processing apparatus to perform a predetermined setting of the radiation image imaging apparatus at a time of an installation of the radiation image imaging apparatus; and 
 a hardware processor that performs the predetermined setting of the radiation image imaging apparatus at the time of the installation of the radiation image imaging apparatus in accordance with the installation setting information received by the communication interface, 
 wherein:
 the hardware processor judges whether the predetermined setting of the radiation image imaging apparatus at the time of the installation of the radiation image imaging apparatus is completed when information is received from the information processing apparatus by the communication interface, and 
 the information processing apparatus comprises a hardware processor and a communication interface. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The radiation image imaging apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor of the radiation image imaging apparatus judges that the predetermined setting of the radiation image imaging apparatus at the time of the installation of the radiation image imaging apparatus is complete when a setting of all predetermined items is finished. 
     
     
       3. The radiation image imaging apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein, when it is judged that the predetermined setting of the radiation image imaging apparatus at the time of the installation of the radiation image imaging apparatus is not completed, the hardware processor of the radiation image imaging apparatus judges whether the information received from the information processing apparatus is installation-related information related to the predetermined setting of the radiation image imaging apparatus at the time of the installation of the radiation image imaging apparatus, and when it is judged that the information is not the installation-related information, a wireless connection with the information processing apparatus is not permitted. 
     
     
       4. The radiation image imaging apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein, when it is judged that the predetermined setting of the radiation image imaging apparatus at the time of the installation of the radiation image imaging apparatus is not completed, the hardware processor of the radiation image imaging apparatus judges whether the information processing apparatus, which transmitted the information, is a device in which the predetermined setting of the radiation image imaging apparatus at the time of the installation of the radiation image imaging apparatus is being executed, and when it is judged that the information processing apparatus is not the device in which the predetermined setting of the radiation image imaging apparatus at the time of the installation of the radiation image imaging apparatus is being executed, a wireless connection with the information processing apparatus is not permitted. 
     
     
       5. The radiation image imaging apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the radiation image imaging apparatus is provided with an access point function, whereby the radiation image imaging apparatus is operable as a parent device in wireless communication, and the information processing apparatus is operable as a child device in wireless communication with the radiation image imaging apparatus operating as the parent device. 
     
     
       6. The radiation image imaging apparatus according to  claim 5 , wherein, after the predetermined setting of the radiation image imaging apparatus at the time of the installation of the radiation image imaging apparatus is completed, the hardware processor sets an operation mode of the radiation image imaging apparatus to one of a mode operating as the parent device, a mode operating as a child device with respect to another parent device, or a mode in which wireless communication is invalid according to the installation setting information transmitted from the information processing apparatus. 
     
     
       7. An electronic device, comprising:
 a communication interface that directly communicates by wireless communication with an information processing apparatus, wherein the communication interface receives installation setting information transmitted from the information processing apparatus to perform a predetermined setting of the electronic device at a time of an installation of the electronic device; and 
 a hardware processor that performs the predetermined setting of the electronic device at the time of the installation of the electronic device in accordance with the installation setting information received by the communication interface, 
 wherein: 
 the hardware processor judges whether the predetermined setting of the electronic device at the time of the installation of the electronic device is completed when information is received from the information processing apparatus by the communication interface, and 
 the information processing apparatus comprises a hardware processor and a communication interface. 
 
     
     
       8. A wireless communication system comprising:
 a radiation image imaging apparatus that generates an image from irradiated radiation; and 
 an information processing apparatus connectable to the radiation image imaging apparatus by wireless communication, 
 wherein the radiation image imaging apparatus includes:
 a communication interface that directly communicates by wireless communication with the information processing apparatus, and receives installation setting information transmitted from the information processing apparatus to perform a predetermined setting of the radiation image imaging apparatus at a time of an installation of the radiation image imaging apparatus; and 
 a hardware processor that performs the predetermined setting of the radiation image imaging apparatus at the time of the installation of the radiation image imaging apparatus in accordance with the installation setting information received by the communication interface, 
 wherein the hardware processor judges whether the predetermined setting of the radiation image imaging apparatus at the time of the installation of the radiation image imaging apparatus is completed when information is received from the information processing apparatus by the communication interface, and 
 
 wherein the information processing apparatus includes a hardware processor and a communication interface. 
 
     
     
       9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer of a radiation image imaging apparatus, which generates an image from irradiated radiation . , to perform functions comprising:
 communicating directly by wireless communication with an information processing apparatus, which performs wireless communication, and receiving installation setting information transmitted from the information processing apparatus to perform a predetermined setting of the radiation image imaging apparatus at a time of an installation of the radiation image imaging apparatus; and 
 performing the predetermined setting of the radiation image imaging apparatus at the time of the installation of the radiation image imaging apparatus in accordance with the installation setting information received in the communicating, 
 wherein: 
 the program causes the computer to judge whether the predetermined setting of the radiation image imaging apparatus at the time of the installation of the radiation image imaging apparatus is completed when information is received from the information processing apparatus. 
 
     
     
       10. A radiation image imaging apparatus that generates an image from irradiated radiation, the radiation image imaging apparatus comprising:
 a communication interface that directly communicates by wireless communication with an information processing apparatus, wherein the communication interface receives installation setting information transmitted from the information processing apparatus to perform a predetermined setting of the radiation image imaging apparatus at a time of an installation of the radiation image imaging apparatus; and 
 a hardware processor that performs the predetermined setting of the radiation image imaging apparatus at the time of the installation of the radiation image imaging apparatus in accordance with the installation setting information received by the communication interface, 
 wherein: 
 the radiation image imaging apparatus is provided with an access point function . , whereby the radiation image imaging apparatus is operable as a parent device in wireless communication, and the information processing apparatus is operable as a child device in wireless communication with the radiation image imaging apparatus operating as the parent device, and 
 the information processing apparatus comprises a hardware processor and a communication interface. 
 
     
     
       11. The radiation image imaging apparatus according to  claim 10 , wherein the hardware processor of the radiation image imaging apparatus judges whether the predetermined setting of the radiation image imaging apparatus at the time of the installation of the radiation image imaging apparatus is completed when information is received from the information processing apparatus by the communication interface. 
     
     
       12. The radiation image imaging apparatus according to  claim 11 , wherein the hardware processor of the radiation image imaging apparatus judges that the predetermined setting of the radiation image imaging apparatus at the time of the installation of the radiation image imaging apparatus is complete when a setting of all predetermined items is finished. 
     
     
       13. The radiation image imaging apparatus according to  claim 11 , wherein, when it is judged that the predetermined setting of the radiation image imaging apparatus at the time of the installation of the radiation image imaging apparatus is not completed, the hardware processor of the radiation image imaging apparatus judges whether the information received from the information processing apparatus is installation-related information related to the predetermined setting of the radiation image imaging apparatus at the time of the installation of the radiation image imaging apparatus, and when it is judged that the information is not the installation-related information, a wireless connection with the information processing apparatus is not permitted. 
     
     
       14. The radiation image imaging apparatus according to  claim 11 , wherein, when it is judged that the predetermined setting of the radiation image imaging apparatus at the time of the installation of the radiation image imaging apparatus is not completed, the hardware processor of the radiation image imaging apparatus judges whether the information processing apparatus, which transmitted the information, is a device in which the predetermined setting of the radiation image imaging apparatus at the time of the installation of the radiation image imaging apparatus is being executed, and when it is judged that the information processing apparatus is not the device in which the predetermined setting of the radiation image imaging apparatus at the time of the installation of the radiation image imaging apparatus is being executed, a wireless connection with the information processing apparatus is not permitted. 
     
     
       15. The radiation image imaging apparatus according to  claim 10 , wherein, after the predetermined setting of the radiation image imaging apparatus at the time of the installation of the radiation image imaging apparatus is completed, the hardware processor sets an operation mode of the radiation image imaging apparatus to one of a mode operating as the parent device, a mode operating as a child device with respect to another parent device, or a mode in which wireless communication is invalid according to the installation setting information transmitted from the information processing apparatus. 
     
     
       16. An electronic device, comprising:
 a communication interface that directly communicates by wireless communication with an information processing apparatus, wherein the communication interface receives installation setting information transmitted from the information processing apparatus to perform a predetermined setting of the electronic device at a time of an installation of the electronic device; and 
 a hardware processor that performs the predetermined setting of the electronic device at the time of the installation of the electronic device in accordance with the installation setting information received by the communication interface, 
 wherein: 
 the electronic device is provided with an access point function, whereby the electronic device is operable as a parent device in wireless communication, and the information processing apparatus is operable as a child device in wireless communication with the electronic device operating as the parent device, and 
 the information processing apparatus comprises a hardware processor and a communication interface. 
 
     
     
       17. A wireless communication system comprising:
 a radiation image imaging apparatus that generates an image from irradiated radiation; and 
 an information processing apparatus connectable to the radiation image imaging apparatus by wireless communication, 
 wherein the radiation image imaging apparatus includes:
 a communication interface that directly communicates by wireless communication with the information processing apparatus, and receives installation setting information transmitted from the information processing apparatus to perform a predetermined setting of the radiation image imaging apparatus at a time of an installation of the radiation image imaging apparatus; and 
 a hardware processor that performs the predetermined setting of the radiation image imaging apparatus at the time of the installation of the radiation image imaging apparatus in accordance with the installation setting information received by the communication interface, 
 
 wherein the radiation image imaging apparatus is provided with an access point function, whereby the radiation image imaging apparatus is operable as a parent device in wireless communication, and the information processing apparatus is operable as a child device in wireless communication with the radiation image imaging apparatus operating as the parent device, and 
 wherein the information processing apparatus includes a hardware processor and a communication interface. 
 
     
     
       18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer of a radiation image imaging apparatus, which generates an image from irradiated radiation, to perform functions comprising:
 communicating directly by wireless communication with an information processing apparatus, which performs wireless communication, and receiving installation setting information transmitted from the information processing apparatus to perform a predetermined setting of the radiation image imaging apparatus at a time of an installation of the radiation image imaging apparatus; and 
 performing the predetermined setting of the radiation image imaging apparatus at the time of the installation of the radiation image imaging apparatus in accordance with the installation setting information received in the communicating, 
 wherein: 
 the program causes the computer to execute an access point function, whereby the radiation image imaging apparatus is operable as a parent device in wireless communication, and the information processing apparatus is operable as a child device in wireless communication with the radiation image imaging apparatus operating as the parent device.